X terms of service has right to take back username. X ported his followers over to new account at least, he said. Vaught is still using X, though he did set up account on Threads and Mastodon.
So? It’s their website and they can have the handles that they want…
They can, but if they want to keep the respect of the community they shouldn’t.
And the respect of the community is quite important on a social media.
Legally, you are entirely correct.
As an admin of a Lemmy instance though, I can assure you that the entire userbase of Aussie.zone would riot if I decided to simply take over a username because I thought it was cool. And they’d be right to. Even for a guy whose yardstick of outrageous actions is so out of alignment with the norm, this was not cool.
Just want to say, thanks for making aussie.zone such an awesome and well run place!
I honestly can’t claim credit for how wholesome the instance is. The users make the place what it is. I spend maybe 15 minutes a day reviewing user account requests and reports. I can say that 0% of the users I’ve had to ban were locals. The locals are marvellous.
Aussie Aussie Aussie! Zone Zone Zone!
Irony?
Since Musk is allegedly about “free speech” - but obviously only if it suits him and your handle isn’t something he wants…
